- Paperback: 306 pages
- Publisher: Plume Books (27 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0452287448
- ISBN-13: 978-0452287440
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.9 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 300,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Things that make you go Hmmm...
30 Jun 2006
Format:Paperback
Here is a book you simply cannot sit down and read in a single afternoon. In fact, I could only read, and really ponder, a few of these "experiments" at a time. This books attacks and/or makes you think about a variety of subjects. Nothing is taboo. I read passages on vegetarian verses meat, religion of all types, the environment, political situations, many moral, social, and personal dilemmas, and even zombies!
The author drew upon many sources. The title of this book is from an issue brought up in the well-known book "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe" by Douglas Adams. Not impressed? How about just some of the other sources, such as René Descartes, Thomas Nagel, David Hume, Antony Flew, and Bjorn Lomborg?
**** There is no need to be a doctor, professor, or anything else which requires higher education. Each experiment of philosophy is written in such a way that your intelligence will not be offended, no matter your normal or higher education status. If you are looking for a book that will make you actually sit back and THINK, then I highly suggest this one. ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
The author drew upon many sources. The title of this book is from an issue brought up in the well-known book "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe" by Douglas Adams. Not impressed? How about just some of the other sources, such as René Descartes, Thomas Nagel, David Hume, Antony Flew, and Bjorn Lomborg?
**** There is no need to be a doctor, professor, or anything else which requires higher education. Each experiment of philosophy is written in such a way that your intelligence will not be offended, no matter your normal or higher education status. If you are looking for a book that will make you actually sit back and THINK, then I highly suggest this one. ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Like A Plate of Crackers...
6 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
you can consume the entire thing and still feel that you haven't really gained anything of value.
Don't get me wrong. The author does a good job of placing these concerns in context (although this book of 100 issues really only deals with a half dozen or so -- euthanasia, vegetarianism, utilitarianism, mind/body, theological philosophy, and another one or two minor issues), he doesn't really do much to illuminate them. Perhaps this would have been better produced as a book of 25 issues with cohesive and comprehensive arguments for each side. Instead, he (barely) gives us "talking points" for each of them (and frustratingly leaves us without any references for ANY of them...)
This is a good book to pick up if you want to run your ethical system through its paces, but it really won't change your mind about anything, so it is kind of tepid. In addition, there is little or nothing new here to even an armchair philosopher, whom this is intended to address (the cover says).
Pick it up as a discussion starter over the family dinner table, to get the kids started thinking about these concepts early. But, as others have posted, don't read the whole thing in series. There is too much repitition and too little depth to cause this to be an exercise of any merit.
Harkius
Don't get me wrong. The author does a good job of placing these concerns in context (although this book of 100 issues really only deals with a half dozen or so -- euthanasia, vegetarianism, utilitarianism, mind/body, theological philosophy, and another one or two minor issues), he doesn't really do much to illuminate them. Perhaps this would have been better produced as a book of 25 issues with cohesive and comprehensive arguments for each side. Instead, he (barely) gives us "talking points" for each of them (and frustratingly leaves us without any references for ANY of them...)
This is a good book to pick up if you want to run your ethical system through its paces, but it really won't change your mind about anything, so it is kind of tepid. In addition, there is little or nothing new here to even an armchair philosopher, whom this is intended to address (the cover says).
Pick it up as a discussion starter over the family dinner table, to get the kids started thinking about these concepts early. But, as others have posted, don't read the whole thing in series. There is too much repitition and too little depth to cause this to be an exercise of any merit.
Harkius
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A Pretty Good Pedagogical Tool
12 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
This book is rather like a compendium of famous problems in philosophy, which have boiled down to a concentrated one or two pages each. This said, it is not helpful to someone who has a serious scholastic interest in philosophy but would make a fine tool for introducing philsophical thought to young people and children, for whom the reading of philosophical literature is too premature but can nonetheless benefit from the logical and critical thought developed by an engagement with philosophy. I think that this book could serve as a fine base for an extracurricular philosophy group for children and teenagers.
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